Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong."
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Atlas
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Franz Kafka
Writer
"Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted."
Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others."
Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap."
Henry Rollins
Musician, Writer, Actor
"It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it."
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"I give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it."
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"Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It, makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan'd The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour."
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